This update for ansible to version 2.7.8 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed: &#9; 

  - CVE-2018-16837: Fixed an information leak in user module     (bsc#1112959).

  - CVE-2018-16859: Fixed an issue which clould allow     logging of password in plaintext in Windows powerShell     (bsc#1116587).

  - CVE-2019-3828: Fixed a path traversal vulnerability in     fetch module (bsc#1126503).

  - CVE-2018-10875: Fixed a potential code execution in     ansible.cfg (bsc#1099808).

  - CVE-2018-16876: Fixed an issue which could allow     information disclosure in vvv+ mode with no_log on     (bsc#1118896).

Other issues addressed :

  - prepare update to 2.7.8 for multiple releases     (boo#1102126, boo#1109957)

Release notes:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.7/changelogs/CHANGELO G-v2.7.rst#id1

Several vulnerabilities have been found in Ansible, a configuration management, deployment, and task execution system :

  - CVE-2018-10855/ CVE-2018-16876     The no_log task flag wasn't honored, resulting in an     information leak.

  - CVE-2018-10875     ansible.cfg was read from the current working directory.

  - CVE-2018-16837     The user module leaked parameters passed to ssh-keygen     to the process environment.

  - CVE-2019-3828     The fetch module was susceptible to path traversal.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2151 advisory.

    Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote-task     execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on     remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines     automatically.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version: ansible (2.6.1)

    Security fix(es):

    * ansible: Inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command that     can lead to code execution (CVE-2018-10874)

    * ansible: ansible.cfg is being read from current working directory allowing possible code execution     (CVE-2018-10875)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    This issue was discovered by Brian Coca (Red Hat), and Michael Scherer (OSAS).

    Bug Fix(es):

    * Fix junos_config confirm commit timeout issue (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41527)

    * file module - The touch subcommand had its diff output broken during the 2.6.x development cycle.  The     patch to fix that broke check mode. This is now fixed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42111)

    * inventory manager - This fixes required options being populated before the inventory config file is     read, so the required options may be set in the config file.

    * nsupdate - allow hmac-sha384 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/42209

    * win_domain - fixes typo in one of the AD cmdlets https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41536

    * win_group_membership - uses the internal Ansible SID conversion logic and uses that when comparing group     membership instead of the name https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/40649

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2152 advisory.

    Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote-task     execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on     remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines     automatically.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version: ansible (2.4.6)

    Security fix(es):

    * ansible: Inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command that     can lead to code execution (CVE-2018-10874)

    * ansible: ansible.cfg is being read from current working directory allowing possible code execution     (CVE-2018-10875)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    This issue was discovered by Brian Coca (Red Hat), and Michael Scherer (OSAS).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Update to ansible 2.6.1 bugfix release. Fixes also 2 CVEs:
CVE-2018-10874 and CVE-2018-10875

See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.6/changelogs/CHANGELO G-v2.6.rst for full list of changes.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0054 advisory.

    Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote-task     execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on     remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines     automatically.

    Security Fix(es):

    * ansible: Failed tasks do not honour no_log option allowing for secrets to be disclosed in logs     (CVE-2018-10855)

    * ansible: Inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command that     can lead to code execution (CVE-2018-10874)

    * ansible: ansible.cfg is being read from current working directory allowing possible code execution     (CVE-2018-10875)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Red Hat would like to thank Tobias Henkel (BMW Car IT GmbH) for reporting CVE-2018-10855 and Michael     Scherer (OSAS) for reporting CVE-2018-10874. The CVE-2018-10875 issue was discovered by Brian Coca (Red     Hat).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
123669	openSUSE Security Update : ansible (openSUSE-2019-1125)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	4/3/2019	6/6/2024	high
122321	Debian DSA-4396-1 : ansible - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	2/20/2019	6/19/2024	high
111027	RHEL 7 : ansible (RHSA-2018:2151)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	7/12/2018	9/5/2024	high
111028	RHEL 7 : ansible (RHSA-2018:2152)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	7/12/2018	4/15/2025	high
111240	Fedora 27 : ansible (2018-53790a5236)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	7/24/2018	9/3/2024	high
194068	RHEL 7 : ansible (RHSA-2019:0054)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	4/27/2024	11/6/2024	high

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